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Intestates Estates Act, 1890 (English) (53 & 54 Vict. c. 29), repealed and not re-enacted by the A.E. Act, 1925, in the case of persons dying intestate after 1925. See WIDOW. By the Act of 1890 the real and personal estate of every man dying wholly intestate after September 1, 1890, leaving a widow but no issue, is directed to belong to his widow if the net value should not exceed 500l., while if it should exceed 500l. the widow obtains 500l and a charge upon the whole of the estate for that term, in addition to her interest and share in the remainder of the estate, 'with interest thereon from the date of the death of the intestate, at 4 per cent. per annum until payment.' As to the meaning of 'intestate,' see Re Cuffe, (1908) 2 Ch 500.

As to Scotland, see the Intestate Husband's Estate (Scotland) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 10), as amended by 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 9, which is framed on the lines of the English statute